Holland. Geraldine (floyd) Holland

April 14, 1997

HOLLAND. Geraldine (Floyd) Holland, 80, of Pepperidge Rd., Portland, wife of John B. Holland, Sr., died Saturday (April 12, 1997), at the Middlesex Hospital. Born in Hartford on Aug. 10, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Durham and Eleanor (Angevine) Floyd, and had lived in East Hartford before moving to Portland in 1946. For many years she had worked in the hospital lab at Middlesex Hospital and before retiring in 1977, she was employed with Burgess Medical Lab in Meriden. She was a member of the Portland United Methodist Church, Eastern Star and the A.A.R.P. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, John B. and Patricia Holland, Jr., of Portland and Hudson F. Hilton of Coventry; a sister, Virginia Rossell of Windsor; two grandchildren, John H. Holland of Middletown and Michelle N. Linares of Moodus; four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Bruce L. Hilton, and a brother, Durham Floyd. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m in the Portland United Methodist Church, 381 Main St., with Rev. Kathleen Whitman presiding. Burial will follow in the Swedish Cemetery, Portland. Friends may call at the Portland Memorial Home, 231 Main St., Portland, on Tuesday, 6-8 p.m. Memorial contributions in Geraldine's memory may be made to the Portland Visiting Nurses Association, 309 Main St., Portland or to Portland Volunteer Fire Dept., E.M.S., P.O. Box 24, Portland, CT 06480.